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OUR FAM OF 5 IS ON A JOURNEY, A JOURNEY TO ADOPT OUR DAUGHTER AG FROM CHINA. THIS ADVENTURE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT GOD, WHO IS DIRECTING AND GUIDING US EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY. MATTHEW 10:29-31: "....SO DON'T BE AFRAID; YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN MANY SPARROWS".
AG and her 2 bros
You don't bless me so that I can close my eyes and fold my hands and be content with what I have
You don't fill me so that I can live a life that's full and free for only me.
our fam of 4 waits to be a fam of 5
Ephesian 3:20-21
"Now to Him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY MORE THAN ALL WE ASK OR IMAGINE, according to His power that is at work within us, to HIM be the glory. . .for ever and ever! AMEN". All along this journey this verse has proven so true for us, we know he will continue to lead and guide in the future.
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- 4/17/10 celebrating AGs 4th bday, 2 months later...
- 4/17/24 At nigh nigh and Yeh Yeh's house--maternal...
- 4/24/10 J, Pa, and AG trying to act sad! So cute!!
- 4/24/10 J loves rain, and he loved showing AG ho...
- 4/27/10 Good day today
- R's blog post 4/10/10--Please read post below ("Am...
- 4/20/10 amazing people I've met in adoption world...
- 4/20/10 Jetlag worn off I think!
- 3/29/10 MOnday, AG being entertained by her 2 new...
- 3/29/10 Zhenghou, Henan, we have just met our Da...
- 3/28/10 Sunday late afternoon, downtown Zhengzhou...
- 3/28/10 A view down a side street of our Hutong ne...
- 3/28/10 Outside our Hutong hotel neighborhood--the...
- 3/28/10 This was the actual Temple of Heaven--so ...
- 3/28/10 Playing Erhu? I think at Temple of HEave...
- 3/28/10 Playing cards at temple of heaven park, B...
- 3/28/10 Groups of people were dancing in middle o...
- 3/28/10 Sunday am at Temple of Heaven Park in Beij...
- 3/28/10 Organized bike parking outside temple of ...
- 3/28/10 Pa, Ma, C and J, on Rickshaw in front of...
- 3/27/10 Finishing our amazing cousin day in Beiji...
- another beautiful view through the smog at Summer ...
- 3/27/10, Intricate roofs at Summer Palace North ...
- 3/27/10 --10 2nd Cousins arranged by height (talle...
- 3/27/10 Mutianyu Great Wall of China--Beautiful !!...
- 3/27/10 10 2nd cousins peeking out from the Great...
- 3/27/10 all the 16 of us--1 of twin cousins takin...
- 3/27/10 the 3 cousins, hubbies, gma, and 10 kid...
- 3/26/10 ending our very amazing, busy, tiring day ...
- 3/26/10 Pa negotiating price for 2 motorized ricks...
- 3/26/10 another food shop in Bei Hai Park
- 3/26/10 just a "Normal" sign advertising food with...
- 3/26/10 Beautiful view in Bei Hai Park, just nort...
- 3/26/10 intricate details on 1 of many beautiful r...
- 3/26/10 Gma, C, Ma, and J outside Forbidden City...
- 3/26/10 C and J drinking T at Double Happiness Cou...
- 3/26/10 AG praying a VERY LONG prayer before lunch
- 3/26/10 AG with Gma in background--looking at ma a...
- 3/26/10 AG standing by her bed in room with 7 litt...
- 3/26/10 awesome playroom at AG's foster home
- 3/26/10 1st meeting with AG at her Big kid foster ...
- 3/26/10 C with boy with clubfeet at foster home-tr...
- 3/26/10 Our daughter's 1st foster home--for the yo...
- Need prayer for sleep please
- pics will come
- a table seller in China
- 5 OWIES!! But what a Trooper!!
- Disjointed thoughts of a tired mom
- AG visiting garden on way home from airport
- some improvement
- she is home! the good and the not so good.
- pa and ma and AG at gotcha day
- Eating pizza!
- play with legos with big brother
- our family at shaolin temple and martial arts center
- our family at yellow river national park near zhen...
- our family in front of orphanage in Xinxiang where...
- spending some time with big brother
- AG learning the ways of the ipod!
- family at foster home in beijing where AG grew up!
- Wed. April 7, 2010 US consulate swearing in cermony
- Tuesday 4/6/2010 Consulate appt and shopping
- Monday 4/5/2010 a day at Safari Animal Park
- passage of time
- CLIMBING THE GREAT WALL WITH 16 FAMILY MEMBERS!!
- 4/4/10 Easter in China
- continue to pray
- an orphanage in China
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"The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing. But in our culture we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture."
Doug Phillips
Doug Phillips
Once our eyes are opened we can’t pretend we don’t know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act.
Our indepth adoption timeline
Sometime in 06 or 07: had a strong feeling my daughter was alive. Wish I could remember the day. . . . .
May 07: God prompted me to begin praying earnestly re. adoptsoion--enlisted Pa and others
1/14/08: decided to walk through door of adoption while out on a walk in 60 degree whether in midwest!
1/08-6/08:, chose homestudy agency/adoption agency/worked feverishly on dossier/ 3 trips downtown to chinese consulate/4 homestudy visits/lots of paperwork laying every aspect of our lives open to be scrutinized by strangers
6/6/08: OFFICIALLY LOGGED IN with CCAA in China (China Center for Adoption Affairs)!
8/08: Began to realize the wait would be longer than 18 months!
9/08-12/08: researched special need adoption
12/15/08: got in line for special need adoption--expect 12 months wait for referral
9/09: learn 12 mo wait more like 18 month--very sad
9/17/09: Thursday night on an evening walk, evaluated our options, do we expand the age/ special needs we are interested in? we decide to stay with age (24-44 months) and original special needs we had researched and felt comfortable with. But, decided to pursue other agencies to find our daughter--had begun to be allowed to switch agencies in late summer 09
9/19/09 my wonderful godly 96 yo grandma died after a many yr. battle with alzheimers, later that evening when Pa was asleep was browsing Rumor Queen (chinaadopttalk.com) chinafor6 posted re. her agency's new designated list--one girl was 3 1/2 yo with cleft lip and palate! I emailed agency, received reply and medical file THAT night, had to wait till am to tell Pa we may have found OUR DAUGHTER!
9/19/09-10/02/09: Waited patiently, (without telling anyone) for an update of 2 yr old medical file. God taught us a lot about trusting Him and waiting patiently. Received it late on a Friday night: Woo hoo! But Pa was asleep and I had to wait to show updated pics and awesome report till am!
10/06/09: Submitted LOI--letter of intent to China to adopt our daughter
10/13/09: Received PA--preapproval to adopt our daughter--sent out an email to many
11/11/09: Received our new transfer LID--log in date for our new agency
01/13/10: Received our LOA--letter of approval to officially adopt our daughter from China
02/04/10: Received our TA--Travel approval to travel to China for our daughter
Began working feverishly on travel plans: OUR TRIP:
03/24/10: Leave with our boys and my mom (gma) to China
03/25/10: After a 13 hour nonstop flight, get to Beijing
03/26/10, meet our daughter for a 2 hour visit at her foster group home
03/27/10 travel with my twin Chinese (adopted) cousins 1 of their husbands, and their 8 kids to Great Wall and Summer palace
03/28/10 grandma flies to Macao to spend 5 days with her sister, a missionary, and we fly to Zhengzhou, Henan to get AG!
03/29/10: Gotcha day--we get our 4 yo daughter for good!
03/30/10: adoption is finalized
03/31/10-04/01/10: tour Shaolin kung fu area, visit Xinxiang, town where our daugher was born, hopefully visit SWI--social welfare institute where she spent 1st 15 months of her life and had her cleft lip surgery at 14 months old
04/02/10: Pa and boys fly back to Beijing and home 4/3, and back to school and work. Ma and AG fly to Guangzhou, grandma and aunt meet us there
04/03/10: AG has physical and a probable chest xray due/to having had TB (BCG) vaccine (false +s on skin test)
04/04--04/05/10: Tour, relax, due to Sunday and Monday holiday
04/06/10: Have CA--consulate appointment with US consulate
04/07/10: apply for AG's visa for US
04/08/10: pick up visa in late afternoon
04/09/10: leave on train in am for Hongkong
04/10/10: leave on nonstop United for home!
04/11/10: Real life for fam of 5 begins. . . . . . .
May 07: God prompted me to begin praying earnestly re. adoptsoion--enlisted Pa and others
1/14/08: decided to walk through door of adoption while out on a walk in 60 degree whether in midwest!
1/08-6/08:, chose homestudy agency/adoption agency/worked feverishly on dossier/ 3 trips downtown to chinese consulate/4 homestudy visits/lots of paperwork laying every aspect of our lives open to be scrutinized by strangers
6/6/08: OFFICIALLY LOGGED IN with CCAA in China (China Center for Adoption Affairs)!
8/08: Began to realize the wait would be longer than 18 months!
9/08-12/08: researched special need adoption
12/15/08: got in line for special need adoption--expect 12 months wait for referral
9/09: learn 12 mo wait more like 18 month--very sad
9/17/09: Thursday night on an evening walk, evaluated our options, do we expand the age/ special needs we are interested in? we decide to stay with age (24-44 months) and original special needs we had researched and felt comfortable with. But, decided to pursue other agencies to find our daughter--had begun to be allowed to switch agencies in late summer 09
9/19/09 my wonderful godly 96 yo grandma died after a many yr. battle with alzheimers, later that evening when Pa was asleep was browsing Rumor Queen (chinaadopttalk.com) chinafor6 posted re. her agency's new designated list--one girl was 3 1/2 yo with cleft lip and palate! I emailed agency, received reply and medical file THAT night, had to wait till am to tell Pa we may have found OUR DAUGHTER!
9/19/09-10/02/09: Waited patiently, (without telling anyone) for an update of 2 yr old medical file. God taught us a lot about trusting Him and waiting patiently. Received it late on a Friday night: Woo hoo! But Pa was asleep and I had to wait to show updated pics and awesome report till am!
10/06/09: Submitted LOI--letter of intent to China to adopt our daughter
10/13/09: Received PA--preapproval to adopt our daughter--sent out an email to many
11/11/09: Received our new transfer LID--log in date for our new agency
01/13/10: Received our LOA--letter of approval to officially adopt our daughter from China
02/04/10: Received our TA--Travel approval to travel to China for our daughter
Began working feverishly on travel plans: OUR TRIP:
03/24/10: Leave with our boys and my mom (gma) to China
03/25/10: After a 13 hour nonstop flight, get to Beijing
03/26/10, meet our daughter for a 2 hour visit at her foster group home
03/27/10 travel with my twin Chinese (adopted) cousins 1 of their husbands, and their 8 kids to Great Wall and Summer palace
03/28/10 grandma flies to Macao to spend 5 days with her sister, a missionary, and we fly to Zhengzhou, Henan to get AG!
03/29/10: Gotcha day--we get our 4 yo daughter for good!
03/30/10: adoption is finalized
03/31/10-04/01/10: tour Shaolin kung fu area, visit Xinxiang, town where our daugher was born, hopefully visit SWI--social welfare institute where she spent 1st 15 months of her life and had her cleft lip surgery at 14 months old
04/02/10: Pa and boys fly back to Beijing and home 4/3, and back to school and work. Ma and AG fly to Guangzhou, grandma and aunt meet us there
04/03/10: AG has physical and a probable chest xray due/to having had TB (BCG) vaccine (false +s on skin test)
04/04--04/05/10: Tour, relax, due to Sunday and Monday holiday
04/06/10: Have CA--consulate appointment with US consulate
04/07/10: apply for AG's visa for US
04/08/10: pick up visa in late afternoon
04/09/10: leave on train in am for Hongkong
04/10/10: leave on nonstop United for home!
04/11/10: Real life for fam of 5 begins. . . . . . .
She is so cute and from the looks of things....she is going to be a gardener! Won't be long and she'll have her gloves on and planting her first flowers of the summer!
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